right now. >> this is "fox 5 morning news." >> good morning everyone it is 6:00 on this thursday, august 22nd. a live look at the sun looks up over the washington, d.c. region. another humid day. good morning everyone i am sarah simmo simmons. >> and i am wisdom martin. time to bring the tucker barnes for the weather. >> warm and humidity with temperatures expected to top out upper 80s maybe 90. we have been getting close to 90. a few scattered storms will which change up the weather pattern for the weekend. >> okay. >> radar showers overnight

eastern maryland. i haven't been down to the beach this summer. >> you have been all over the country. >> i have been one or two places. >> you need a quick road trip before school. [laughter]. bethany dealing with light showers. 74 reagan national. temperatures expected again upper 80s near 90. scattered storms by 4:00 p.m. >> thank you, tuck er. >> let's check on jeff newman. >> sky fox accident on the left side at 109 in hyattstown. that is the southbound side to

the right. northbound defected as well. once passed that juncture to fredricksburg. you are at a better pace, through prince georges county, no accidents reported typical volume inside beltway 395 alexandria and arlington. bwi marshall parkway closed with an accident 198-197 in the laurel area. we'll continue in virginia northbound i-95, hov lanes moving it speed. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks, jeff.

police on the scene in manassas park. we believe they are investigating a positive in yukland avenue and la pause place. we are going to bring you updates as we get them. in other news this morning, a soldier sentenced. >> we are talking about private first class bradley manning. his punishments is the longest ever given for leaks. mannings attorneys asked for 25 years, prosecution, 60 years. he may serve as little as 7. he plans to ask president obama for a pardon. new information about the

suspect of tuesday's shooting outside atlanta. people say michael hill was armed with 500 rounds of ammunition. he has a criminal history. >> investigation into amber stanley's death. police went door to door handing out flyers and hopes they remember something the night she was killed. she was starting her senior year at flowers high school and planned to be a doctor. >> julio blanco garcia claims

he was high on pcp that he killed here. >> i am not a bad guy. i asked her for a ride. i don't know what happened, that is all i remember. it was too much stopping. i am so sorry. i didn't mean to. >> why are you sorry. >> you know, i have changed my life ever since then, god is not going to forgive what i did. >> garcia charged with murder shortly after that interrogation. >> we are just six days out of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington.

>> hundreds attended a church service continuing dr. king's message. jessie jackson was at the march. >> we would like you to send us pictures at mymarchdc@gmail.com tweet us @myfoxdc or up load pictures to our facebook page. >> will the leaders, will the leader of the egyptians overthrow just two years ago go

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>> rebels are accusing bashar assad. the government is adamantly denying it had a role. britain and united states are demanding answers. they are staying in a hotel 15 minutes to the gas attack. so far they don't have access to the site. >> hosni mubarak could be released from prison today. egypt is going through transition after ousting of

morsi today. some criticizing the date. it is organized by the american muslim political action committee. we are showing you the website for the march on the screen. they are planning the million muslim march take place on capitol hill at the white house and supreme court. group says muslims and non-muslims were traumatized by the attack that killed 3,000 people. 12 years later muslims are still being victimized. >> we are going to share details just ahead. >> d.c. is celebrating birthday of chuck brown, the big honor when we come back. 

>> he was the man that brought d.c. to their feet several times. there was a ground breaking at the new chuck brown park in northeast d.c. >> yep. chuck brown. live look outside. this is always a great shot early in the morning. time is 6:16. the sun is peeking through the clouds. ready to roll. >> is it going to be a decent day for that ground breaking? >> yeah. upper 80s. not a washout day.

changes as we get into the weekend. in fact a lot comfortable by tomorrow and saturday and sunday. little sticky. >> just a little bit. >> 74 this morning in washington, 72 leonardtown. one of the hallmarks, heat and humidity, we don't cool off. 73 quantico, 74 fredricksburg. not as much fog as yesterday. not nearly the fog we have had the last couple of mornings 72 baltimore, temperatures will be a few degrees above normal. we'll be in and out of the clouds for a good part of the day. more than a few showers across

southern maryland. dealing with shower activity in eastern delaware and lower eastern shore. later this afternoon, our cold front will start to approach the region. it is not going to move through from evening to overnight hours. we could see showers and storms fire up. we'll keep that as a potential. later tonight the front moves through. tomorrow morning a few showers. the front will push far now have south and east winds out of the north and west. 90 today, partly sunny, winds out of the west at 5. 72 tonight, early showers and storms, mostly cloudy overnight. there is your accuweather seven-day forecast, 86 tomorrow.

gradually more comfortable during the day. few clouds saturday than sunday. sunday looks great. that is your weather. jeff newman is in for julie wright. >> tucker, thanks, north of 109 we had a serious accident, now moved over to the right lane. we have a serious accident on bwi marshall parkway. it is jammed just before 32. accident before 198, you are slow headed southbound between 32 and 198. head over to 195, better juncture. on prince georges parkway, route 4 closed at chesapeake beach road maryland's route 260.

take route 2. that is getting populated, medivac requested. hov lanes moving at speed. you are moving well through falls church. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. jeff, thank you, prince georges will be getting a new hospital. today a recommendation will be presented. hospital reportedly built near lar go town center and replace prince georges hospital in shefrly. if approved it will open in 2017. >> wal-mart wants to get a live like at the list. >> as we go to break another

great back to school picture. this is mckayla. she is a student at tiffs d.c. lee's academy in her bright polo shirt. >> excited about getting back to school. if you have a back to school picture, tweet us #backtoschoolselfie. high schoolers, snap it and send it. parents, you can take the picture too, you may find yourself on fox 5 news.

>> welcome back, time now is 6:24. in today's business beat, wal-mart wants people to start on their shopping already. good morning. >> i am laughing, we are doing a holiday story and it is august.

>> before we get to that story, let's talk about the market. we need a turn around for the markets, today. >> most definitely. dow down six straight days closing below key 15,000 level. today is a key day for the market to stay in the green. >> now to the christmas story. christmas comes earlier and earlier each day, lauren. they are starting to do this in september, now. >> september 11th to be exact. if you are a facebook fan of wal-mart, you can start their lay away plan on september 11th. if you are a regular customer the date is september 13th. wal-mart is offering lay away for the first time in a few

years, this is on 35,500 items, considerably more than last year. of course we have electronics. these are the hot toys, have you heard of the zoomer robotic dog. you tell the dog what to do and it sits. i haven't seen it before. the ferbie boom and big hugs elmo are popular. >> i am going to look up this little robotic dog. that sounds cool. >> i better stop talking about it so there are still some left. >> right you are going to make it the hottest toy. >> i get nothing from the company, by the way, starting the shopping list. >> thanks, lauren. we'll see you.

it is a big day for d.c. we are going to have more on the big celebration. sentencing day, soldier charged with leaking government documents gets the strictest sentence ever in such a case, time now is 6:27. 

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>> for those of you not going to school, it is around the corner. partly cloudy conditions, upper 60s, 70s to start your day. should be a dry commute going to school early. we'll see possibility of a few scatters thunderstorms this afternoon. it is not looking terribly

impressive, our cold front is further southwest. dulles 69, bwi marshall 72. pretty good rain pushing up through parts of southern maryland and off the coast andbs in a minute. good tony and tucker question. we have a special guest as well. >> let's check in with jeff newman now. >> on time traffic. >> unfortunately a very slow ride on the bw parkway. here is the scene of the accident just before 198 slow from before 32 traveling southbound. if you have yet to get on, head

over to 95 traveling down from columbia and 95 as the bw parkway totally jammed southbound on the bw parkway. traveling over to the beltway, much better drive princes -- prince georges parkway. no problems to report there. lesion bridge with typical volume. 295 between malcom x is jammed. 395 looking good passed pentagon towards the third street tunnel. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. jeff, thank you. family of army private bradley manning is upset about the

sentence handed down >> the sentence is the stiffest ever as the military judge handed it down.

>> her mother says she had dreams of going to harvard. the vanessa pham murder trial resumes today and defense for julio blanco garcia is presenting their case. they are trying to convince juror pham's juror was not premeditated. a video shows julio blanco garcia confessing. garcia says he snapped when pham made a wrong turn out of a

shopping center and high on pcp. >> investigators in fauquier county say they have a suspect. in july of 2012, she was found shot to death in her home that was intentionally set fire. the investigation is still active. >> thousands of people coming to our area to mark 50th anniversary of march on washington. >> there is a big rally saturday. anniversary is next wednesday. officials say the city is ready. >> we are prepared, ready and provide whatever medical services we are called upon on the 24th. and the 28th if needed. >> at the national mall, fencing is in place to keep pedestrians and regular traffic moving without issues. ambulance problems have been in

the head lines lately and should find out more in an effort to hire more paramedics and arrival of new ambulances. ♪ >> last night crowds gathered at a local church. one of the many events leading up. hundreds attended a prayer service in northwest. focussed on dr. king's message. jessie jackson and maryanne berry were in attendance. were you at the march on washington? you can send pictures mymarchdc@gmail.com tweet us @myfoxdc or up load pictures to our myfoxdc facebook page. >> you know, it has been in

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been a touch tone for so many. the icon was sealed during a celebration, then ali was given a key to the city in recognition. restaurant open and donated food for the original march in washington managed to stay open. stellar visitors include bono, front man for u2 and d.c. mayor introduced them to bens chili bowl. many, many others, chris rock, serena williams, supreme court

justices, members of congress. there is going to be a special celebration here today. we understand bill cosby will be in attendance. there will be a press conference and a birthday party, d.j. dancing, activities for children. that is going on throughout the afternoon. members are invited to join in the celebration. >> all right. mel, thank you very much. let's take a live look outside. pictures from sky fox. the bw parkway, 198 in laurel. southbound lanes closed. we are told a woman involved in the wreck has life threatening injuries. we are going to have more on the commuter impact when we check in with jeff newman. time now is 6:40, we'll be right back. ♪

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>> all right in the morning, nats make it to win two in a row against the cubs. jason worth at the play former oriole jake airana to go up 6-1. looks like they are on cruise control. cubs roar back bottom of the fifth illinois native tanner roark to tie the game at 6. scott harrison with a 3-run homer, nats win 11-6. this is manager dave harvey johnson 200th win. team goes back at it this afternoon in chicago. bottom of 3rd, o's lead.

adam jones blasts 26th home run of the season to deep center field. 3-1. let's move to the bottom of the fifth, score 3-2, chris davis at it again, league leading 46th home run of the season. all right. orioles go on to beat rays 4-2. all right. redskins will be back out on the practice field in ashburn. >> dr. james andrews, he got a chance to watch robert griffin iii. he examined him afterwards. on wednesday griffin said everything went well. doctor told him to stay the course. here is coach shanahan. >> i would never go against the doctor anyhow. doctor felt like he wasn't

ready, i certainly wouldn't play him. if he said it or not, if doctor andrews said he wasn't ready, but dr. andrews could tell me he was ready and i felt like there was something wrong, i wouldn't put him out there. >> so it is shanahan? >> probably dr. andrews. who knows. somebody has to make a decision. i know what he is saying, if the doctor clears him, he'll be able to go officially. if shanahan sees a problem, he'll do what he wants. >> sounds like he is playing week 1. he'll be okay. >> you two are playing sick all week. you are showing up. >> that's right. >> i promise, i too will be ready for week 1.

>> tv ready. >> let's go to operation patients. i want football season to start. >> 89 reagan national yesterday. dulles, bwi marshall as well. we have a new 90 this week. we might do it today. one more very warm and humid day, temperatures expected a few degrees above normal. 73 in washington. 72 leonardtown, annapolis, baltimore, 72°. winchester 68°, 68 in hagerstown. temperatures trending a little above normal. we'll see that continue with the human air mass in place. showers last night, yeah across parts of virginia southern maryland. still left over showers out to bethany rahovath.

little upper level trough came in. now we are focussing on north and west with the cold front. this will make it overnight tonight into early morning. timing not great for shower and thunderstorm activity. ahead of it it is possible we could see a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. bring an umbrella just in case. i don't think the area is going to get much of anything. here is your future cast, 4:00, couple of showers kicking up. front comes in overnight. might be a few showers early tomorrow morning. we'll clear things up by tomorrow afternoon. we are talking about a fantastic weekend. tomorrow afternoon, winds pick up north and west, mid 80s, saturday, sunday, generally bright and sunny. dry with less humidity.

low 80s. few clouds saturday. trend of dry weather into the week. august. >> not bad at all, tuck, what time is it? >> you know what time it is? >> do ta, da, doooo. >> tony text me, how is it going without me? i am like it is going. not the same. >> i can't do it justice, sorry. >> i appreciate you trying. time for ask tony and tucker. we put our big heads together whether it be weather wise. we'll have expert help joining us today's question from sarah jordan in hollywood, maryland. whoa, what is that?

>> is that a crab? >> she sent us this picture, on my way out of the house i was greeted by a strange looking spider, what kind of spider is this? by the way, sarah says she hates the new trumpet sound effects and much better except for maybe -->> come on sarah from hollywo hating on wisdom? >> it is clear everybody hates wisdom martin version. that is why i retired it. >> all right. sarah, we are calling in an expert on spiders. this is called a "crab spider."

>> i said it looked like a crab. that was picture -- not sure definitely not a crab spider. we'll get experts all the way to ben's chili bowl and melanie, who knows all things about crab spiders. tell us why you are an expert? >> reporter: i don't know how i got deemed the expert. she said what is this? i said that is a crab spider. >> that makes you an expert. >> reporter: reason i know that. i had to make one of those last year for a second grade science project. i am very familiar with the six spines on the side of the body. sometimes it can be white, sometimes yellow. official name is "gastr

"gastriccankeruos." belly shaped and thorns on the side. if you take the picture and turn it upside down, sometimes people call it a "smily face" spider. it is nothing to be afraid of. not poisonous. it is usually nocturne. spiders are good, eat insects and keep your lawn clear. >> i am so impressed melanie knows about it. >> you had to do a second grade project. >> sounds like you went all the way. >> reporter: in you want to know about the caterpillar, i know about that, too. >> they don't bite people, right? >> >> reporter: excuse me, tucker? >> they don't bite people? >> spiders can bite people.

the bite is not harmful to you. sometimes you might get a spider bite, occasionally, really, don't mess with the spider and it is not going to mess with you. >> kind of like the shark, too. >> thank you for your expertise. the answer is crab spider. i guess they are fairly common. their movement will come in like a crab. >> very cool. >> you have a question you need answered go to myfoxdc.com weather tab. we'll try to get to as many as we can. >> we know not to mess with jeff newman. apparently he can get a little crabby, too. >> [laughter] who told you that? >> starting on bw parkway. southbound on the bw parkway

around 198. but the back up as you can see here is all the way back to route 32. do not take bw parkway if you are traveling down from 695. head over to 95, a much better ride. there is the back up on the bw parkway. according to park police, that is not going to change for most of the morning rush. apparently accident with life threatening injuries and continue there our rush hour. 95 traveling southbound. again typical volume, much better than the parkway. head over to route 50 an rondo county, 166 traveling in from manassas through centerville and after route 50 and the two exits for the beltway. that is a look at your fox 5 on

time traffic. >> all right, jeff, thank you. food tastes better when it is fresh. >> keeping things local is the thing to do it. holly morris is live in fredricksburg, maryland with a way of making meals and a local business. 

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morning news." a chilling confession from vanessa pham killer from the just released video. what else julio blanco garcia told detectives and what is next as we enter day 4 of the murder trial. >> who is behind the march and what do critics say about it. plus. >> what restaurants have won american dream award? there is a big celebration at ben's chili bowl. >> dynamic night of prayer and worship marks march on washington 50th anniversary

celebration. "fox 5 morning news" at 7:00 starts right now. >> this is "fox 5 morning news." >> just about 7:00 now on a thursday morning. live look over the area there, tucker is going to be along to tell us what this day holds. thursday morning, august 22nd. glad you are with us, i am allison seymour. >> i am sarah simmons. tony perkins has the day off. tucker barnes, humid summer day, tucker? >> more of the same today, sarah. maybe we'll touch 90s. another hot august afternoon. let's get the numbers. start with warm overnight temperatures, reagan national 74°. best i can tell overnight low is 73. not reaching 60s